Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Lee Aroner wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 LA>    A few suggested changes:

 LP> IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:256 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:C
 LA>               Try 512 or 1024  ^^         ^ Try 16 or 32

 LA>    (f you have more than 16 megs of memory and are using HPFS)

Have 6.

  > SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
 LA>      Try this as : $p$g and add a line like:
 LA>    SET DIRCMD=/A/O:GN/P/V

Why.

  > FILES=20  (Change to 60 or 80)
 LA>    Change this immediately...20 is too low for win apps and some dos
 LA>    apps will also choke...

Ok.

  > MAXWAIT=3
 LA>    On a fast machine you can change this to "2"

Speed 25.  What is considered fast 75/100? Less, more?

  > BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
 LA>    Unless you have a Microchannel machine, REM this out

Ok.

  > BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT
 LA>    You only need this for reading compressed install type disks,
 LA>    REM it out if you are done with the installs.

Ok.  Only OS/2 compressed?

  > FCBS=16,8
 LA>    Set this to "8,4"

Again, why?

  > DOS=LOW,NOUMB
 LA>    You can experiment with "DOS=HIGH,UMB" when everything else is
 LA>    working properly and if you have DOS apps that need more memory
 LA>    or if you want to experiment with loading DOS drivers high...
 LA>    this can also sometimes help with Win apps.

According to the book, my hardware memory needed this.  Only 6 remember.

 LA>    The rest of it looks ok.

Good.

 LP> Still haven't found anything that tells me how to set a general data
  > directory for all the program.  But then haven't had a chance to do a
  > lot of playing yet.

 LA>    Settings for individual applications are on the properties
 LA>    notebook for the object, accessable by right clicking.

All applications, no matter what?

 LA>    Good luck...

Thanks, but I think that the beloved clunker just won't cut it.  I trust
you've seen my posts about the hang.


Anon,

Linda

... When the need arises, any tool closest to you becomes a hammer.
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